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Re: On my way to the hospital

Respectfully, Telly, the only think that is relevant in THIS thread, is Neil and his health.

Yes, Canada has a National Health plan.
The link Matt provided explains some of the machinations of how it works.
Additionally, Neil is on disability due to his genetic spine disease.

What I care about now, is how my good friend is doing.
I just sent an e-mail to the hospital asking if they could check their admission records and get permission from Neil to let me know how he's doing.

They likely won't, but I'm hoping for the best.
I do have his phone number, too - I can try that tomorrow and see if his roommate knows anything.

Re: On my way to the hospital

Telly, please give it a rest. This isn't a discussion thread. We're sending best wishes to Neil for a good prognosis and a speedy recovery.

We can discuss health care systems and their relative virtues in some other thread. It is sure to go off-topic here.

I think it's OK here...
It's loosely on topic. God knows, I'm not a defender of Telly and he has been behaving a bit odd lately but on this he's not outside bounds or anything on bringing this up is he?

The problem would be if the discussion was just on that and ESPECIALLY if it got a CEP taint to it...

Equally well, we could discuss similar experiences with accidents (how to prevent them for instance or close calls or whatever). Particularly hip accidents. Health is on-topic here isn't it?